Havard and Havard has dated this Welsh Carved Slate Chest to the 19th Century.
Often made as gifts for family or for courtship and also for competition in local eisteddfodau, they were used to decorate the homes of their makers and are closely allied to Welsh love spoons, another traditional and distinctive form of Welsh Folk Art. North Wales, circa 1860 - 1880.
Literature:
“The Carved Slates of Dyffryn Ogwen ” by Gwenno Caffell, a National Museum of Wales, Cardiff, bilingual publication in 1983.
“People`s Art ” by Emmanuel Cooper, Mainstream Publishing, 1994.
“Welsh Furniture 1250-1950, A Cultural History of Craftsmanship and Design ” by Richard Bebb, Vol. 2 , page 310, fig 1236 and fig 1237, which illustrate two pieces of miniature slate furniture from North Wales.
Museum Collections:
Storiel Museum and Art Gallery, Bangor.
Museum of Welsh Life, Saint Fagans, Cardiff.
Havard and Havard has dated this Welsh Carved Slate Chest to the 19th Century.
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Miniature Welsh Carved Slate Folk Art Model of Chest of Drawers
